Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi

Franchino Baresi OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko baˈreːzi; -eːsi]; born 8 May 1960) is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. He is considered to be one of the best defenders of all-time. He was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A titles, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups. With the Italy national team, he was a member of the Italian squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the 1990 World Cup, where he was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, finishing third in the competition. At the 1994 World Cup, he was named Italy's captain and was part of the squad that reached the final, although he would miss a penalty in the resulting shoot-out as Brazil lifted the trophy. Baresi also represented Italy at two UEFA European Championships, in 1980 and 1988, and at the 1984 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals on each occasion. The younger brother of former footballer Giuseppe Baresi, after joining the Milan senior team as a youngster, Franco Baresi was initially nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "little one". Due to his skill and success, he was later known as "Kaiser Franz", a reference to fellow sweeper Franz Beckenbauer. In 1999, he was voted Milan's Player of the Century. After his final season at Milan in 1997, the club retired Baresi's shirt number 6. He was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at the FIFA centenary awards ceremony in 2004. Baresi was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Baresi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Franco Baresi
  • Popularity: 1.337
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1960-05-08
  • Place of Birth: Travagliato, Brescia, Italy
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Franco Baresi Movies

  • 1999
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    Tifosi

    Tifosi

    5.6 1999 HD

    Four different stories about italian football team’s supporter.

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  • 2024
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    Apotheosis: The Night We Became Heroes

    Apotheosis: The Night We Became Heroes

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2011
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    11 Metri

    11 Metri

    6.5 2011 HD

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  • 1991
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    Soccer Shoot-Out

    Soccer Shoot-Out

    8 1991 HD

    Italia 90 was another fascinating tournament, a melting pot of different styles, culture and technique. The biggest tournament to date, it saw the...

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  • 2024
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    Romário, o Cara

    Romário, o Cara

    8.188 2024 HD

    The career of Brazilian soccer's most controversial player. From the slums of Rio de Janeiro to world stardom, Romário became one of the...

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